NASHVILLE — Old habits die hard.

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LINCOLN — Michelle Hall is teaching world history here in this rural community 20 miles outside of Fayetteville, but she’s not standing in front of a classroom of 30 bored students sitting at desks.

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By Robbie Neiswanger Arkansas News Bureau • rneiswanger@arkansasnews.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Receiver Jarius Wright realizes Arkansas needed another Houdini-like escape. There was one more terrible start on both sides of the ball. One more double-digit deficit to deal with on the road. And this time, some remarkably fortunate twists that helped the Razorbacks win again. But when the senior [...]

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By Scott Faldon Times Record • sfaldon@swtimes.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jerry Franklin walked out of the Arkansas locker room with a gold pendant that read “Clutch” on it. His choice of jewelry certainly summed up the senior linebacker’s play in a 31-28 win against Vanderbilt on Saturday. Leading by eight at the start of the fourth quarter, the Commodores [...]

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Wright There Jarius Wright moved to second on the list for career receiving yards by a Razorback, adding 10 catches for 135 yards against the Vanderbilt on Saturday. His career yardage of 2,526 moved him ahead of Anthony Eubanks, who had 2,440 career yards (1994-97). Anthony Lucas holds the Razorback record for receiving yards with 2,879 (1995-99). Wright, [...]

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ARKANSAS 31, VANDERBILT 28 – KEY PERFORMERS • LB Jerry Franklin — When Vanderbilt had a chance to possibly put the game away, Arkansas’ senior middle linebacker caused a huge turnaround. His 94-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown helped the Razorbacks tie the game at 28 early in the fourth quarter. In addition [...]

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ARKANSAS 31, VANDERBILT 28 – BY THE NUMBERS 4 — The yards Brandon Mitchell ran for Arkansas’ initial touchdown on his only snap of the game. 6 — Passes broken up by Vanderbilt defensive back Casey Hayward, who has five interceptions this year and 13 in his career. 7 — Tyler Wilson’s completions on seven attempts in the [...]

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Columbia Journalism Review, in its The Audit feature on business journalism, gives a stinging review of the Fort Smith Times-Record coverage of the news last week that Whirlpool would be closing its refrigerator factory in Fort Smith, putting 1,000 people out of work. Whirlpool is laying off more than a thousand employees in Fort Smith, Arkansas, [...]

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‘NEITHER TOTALLY ACCURATE NOR INACCURATE’: That’s how securities commissioner characterized a response from this securities firm in Russellville to a question about state bond business. I wrote more than a week ago that reviews were underway — by legislative audit and the state Securities Department — that might take a look at a subject of discussion [...]

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